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Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
4/19 West Bend, Wi
at Skate Country
(PHPW Cruiserweight Champion) "El Vato" Johnny Chingas beat Kid Suicide ... "The Rook" Devin Dyamond w/ Juicy Johnny defeated "Playboy" Paul Richards w/ Sonny Beach via submission. ... Little Chippewa beat Elvira Fytch ... Mike Starr & Matt Starr w/ Mac Starr & Sonny Beach defeated (PHPW Heavyweight Champion) Ronnie Knight & Juicy Johnny ... Big Daddy beat Vito Von Guido via submission ... "Rock N' Roll" Buck ZumHofe pinned "Maniac" Matt Mauler ... Main Event: Lumberjack Strap Match ... Juicy Johnny defeated (PHPW U.S. Champion) James J. MacMahon. After the match Juicy Johnny announced that he was retiring from wrestling.

Steel Domain Wrestling
4/27 Crystal, MN
Crystal Community Center
CM Punk defeated Nick Mondo after a crazy modified pile driver... Rikki Noga pinned Colt Cabana in a battle of babyfaces. ... Flex Appeal (Tony DeNucci & Eric Priest) defeated The Hater and Hellraiser Blood ... Danny Dominion defeated Magnus Maximus. Dominion did an impressive spot where he leaped from the canvas to the top rope and then gave Maximus a huracanrana. ... Lenny Lane won a three-way dance over Primetime Lumpkin & Nick Mondo. ... Jerry Lynn defeated Ace Steel to win the SDW light heavyweight title in a good match. After the match, Lynn turned the belt over to Ed Hellier and said he couldn't hold the title now that he is in the WWF. Promoter Ed Hellier then made the Ace Steel vs. CM Punk ladder match for the next night. Crowd was about 120.
-Larson

Steel Domain Wrestling
4/28 West St. Paul, MN
West St. Paul Armory
No report but people are raving about the ladder match between CM Punk and Ace Steel.

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
4/28 St. Cloud, MN
National Guard Armory
Robbie Thunder beat Johny Parks with McCoy Counterfeit to retain the MIW cruiserweight title. ... Big Daddy Hoofer pinned K-Train with the High Rollers. ... Lacey pinned Autumn Hayze with McCoy Counterfeit. ... Jerry Lynn pinned Magnus Maximus... Lenny Lane pinned Mitch Paradise after using a foreign object to win the MIW heavyweight title ... Mitch Paradise won a battle royal. Notes: Very solid card. Hayze had a solid debut match. Lynn vs. Maximus was good. Lane vs. Paradise was the smoothest match those two have had. Thunder vs. Parks was the best match I've seen Thunder have in a long time, if ever. Crowd was about 150.
-Larson

World All-Star Wrestling Alliance
4/28 Hoyt Lakes, MN
In the opening match of the night Sheldon Maxwell (heel) defeated Jay Steel (face).

'Wild' Bill Irwin and Jasyn Vain (heels) beat Blacktop Bully and Tommy Gunn (faces) in a tag-team table match to retain the WAWA tag titles after Vain threw Gunn threw the table. this match went all over the arena. At the beginning Irwin was chasing Blacktop Bully with his whip. After the match Blacktop laid Vain out with a chair shot.

Che' Physique (face) pinned Miss Natural (heel) after a samoan drop to become the new WAWA Ladies champion.

The Streetfighter Jason Bates came to the ring and said that he couldn't defend his belt due to his knee injury. He called out Matt Burns and asked him if he would defend it for him. Burns agreed to defend it if he would agree to give him a title shot in Green Bay. Streetfighter agreed and the match was on.

Derrick 'Starfire' Dukes (face) defeated Matt Burns (heel) to become the WAWA World Heavyweight Campion when Streetfighter unintentionally hit Matt Burns with his crutch. This match also spilled out all over the arena.

Dakota (face) beat Jasyn Vain (heel) to retain his WAWA Light Heavyweight Championship in a ladder match after he got the belt. This was a nice match.

Matt Burns won an eight man over the top rope battle royal. It seemed that Burns was a face by the end of this match. Participants included, Matt Burns, Jasyn Vain, The Joker, Tommy Gunn, Sheldon Maxwell, Derek Dukes, Dakota, and Streetfighter came out towards the end to join in the rumble. It came down to Burns and The Streetfighter with Burns eventually throwing Streetfighter over.

Notes: T-Rex was in attendence. Irwin walked over to him and tapped him with his whip and asked what he was laughing at. T-Rex stood up and Irwin walked away. Dr. Thomas Two-Tone was working with the video. During the table match, a few kids stole Irwin's whip. I heard Irwin talking to the announcer. Irwin was very upset. The same kids were messing with the table and they broke it. Patera brought a man in the ring that came from PA to watch the event. He was there in support of LTV. The event was delayed by about a half an hour due to Buck "The New Age Farmer" being arrested for a bar fight. Ring Announcer- Tom ??? Referees- Jeremy Zinski and Wayne Olson
-Black and Blue Crew

National Federation of Wrestling
4/28 Ladysmith, WI
at Mount Senario Fine Arts Center
Shinobi defeated Dan Armstrong ... El Supremo defeated Amerikid for the Cruiser Weight Title. ... Chaz Kildare defeated Peter B Beautiful ... Rayzor Blade & Amerikid defeated El Supremo & the injured Tiny Tubbs for the Tag Team Titles after Red Lightning & Don Roux interferred ... Darkchild defeated Red Lightning to retain the US Title ... Red Lightning won the Royal Rumble for the World Title.

AWO
4/28 Mankato, MN
at the National Guard Armory
The American Wrestling Organization drew about 100 fans, which is less than usual. I think prom night might have has something to do with it.

The show opens with a segment involving the new commisioner, Big Daddy Dolan, and the former commisioner, Adam Drake. They exchange heated words and set up a number of matches for tonight. Crowd really hated Drake.

Match #1
Boyscout Billy Crookston vs Redneck Justice
Match only lasted about 5 minutes and wasn't spectacular, but it was a nice opener. There was barbed wire wrapped around the ropes on two sides of the ring but they never touched it. Crookston wins with a suplex. Dolan, sitting at the time keeper's table, says they didn't put that barb wire there for him to avoid it, and says he will be wrestling Gator in the next match.

Match #2
Gator vs Billy Crookston - Barbed Wire Match
Starts off with both men locking up and each taking turns dodging the barbed wire by going under the ropes. Crookston gets thrown backfirst into it, leaving blood spots on his back. Gator rakes his face across the wire before Crookston comes back with a low blow. He then throws Gator backfirst into the wire, and he goes down. Both men are a mess by now. The two lock up and Gator throws Crookston out of the ring. Gator then goes under the ring and gets a spool of barbed wire and wraps himself in it. Crookston comes back in, Gator splashes him, and he gets the cover. Pretty good barb wire match for an indy show, but no Sabu/Terry Funk. It was funny seeing Gator stagger around full of blood and barbed wire giving high fives to everyone.

Match #3
Will E. Mean vs Ozz - No DQ
If Will E. wins he is entered into the Kaos/Shimdog match for the AWO title, making it a three way. Basic back and forth matchup. Mean hits a top rope legdrop and is about to get the win when Shimdog dropkicks him and lets Ozz gets the pin. Shimdog starts to beat down Will E., but then Revelation comes down for the save. Gator, Kaos, Havoc, and Adam Drake and his entourage all come down and all hell breaks loose. I mean it. There were people fighting on a stage and a balcony in the armory and everywhere else. The crowd was going crazy and was right in the middle of it. Finally, security gets everyone out, and there is an intermission.

Match 4
Revelation vs Inferno
Inferno is from PCW in Iowa, and he's been at the last few shows. The crowd was really hot for this as Revelation was way over. This was really fun to watch. It went back and forth between Rev's power moves and Inferno's high flying. He hit an awesome triple jump moonsault, and later, a moonsault to the outside which missed and hit a table where the fans were sitting. It didn't break and it made a sickening thud. Rev brings him back in and gives him a powerbomb or something to win the match. This was really fun to see live, however I'm not sure if it would be as good on video.

Match 5
Terrence Turtle vs Someone from PCW
I didn't catch the other guy's name, but he was wearing a beater and jean shorts with Ultimate Warrior fringe boots and armbands. This was a really good match with lots of good technical wrestling and reversals and stuff. The crowd wasn't really into it though as they didn't really know the wrestlers. Turtle got the win with a sunset flip after his valet slapped his opponent and DDT'ed him.

Match 6
The Corbin Brothers (c) vs Suside/Reign - Tag Titles
Neither side was a definitive fan favorite, and to tell you the truth, I don't remeber much about this match. There was some brawling on the stage and outside the ring, and Suiside used a peice of wood i brought with that said "USE ME" on it. Aaron Corbin got the win with a frog splash or something. Okay match.

Match 7
Necromaster (c) vs Havoc - Atlantic Title
This match had a lot of good high flying spots in it. Really, that's all I remember. I think Havoc won after a swanton. Good match, but as you can see, it wasn't particularily memorable.

Match 8
Shimdog (c) vs Kaos - AWO Heavyweight Title
This was definately the match of the night. Crowd was way hot and hated Shimdog with a passion. They were behind Kaos 100%. Shimdog is a really good heel, as he did a lot of HBK and Flair heel spots throughout the match. Eventually, Havoc got the pin, and the crowd went nuts, but Adam Drake showed Commisoner Dolan the contract for the match which said it was non-title. Crowd was very pissed. They started throwing stuff at the ring and yelling obsceneties at Shimdog wherever he went. He had to be tightly surrounded by his cronies to make it into the backstage area alive. Like I said, the crowd was very live in this match, and it was a great way to end the show. Next show is 5/12 at the Mankato National Guard Armory again.
-B. Boyce

May

All-Star Championship Wrestling
5/11 Two Rivers, WI
at the high school

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
5/11 Hustisford, WI
at Firemans Dance Hall 8:00 p.m.
"Rock N' Roll" Buck Zumhofe vs. Big Daddy ... (PHPW Heavyweight Champion) Ronnie Knight vs. Michael Mercades ... (PHPW Cruiserweight Champion) "EL Vato" Johnny Chingas vs. James J. MacMahon ... Also in action: (PHPW T.V. Champion) Ray Knight, "Playboy" Paul Richards, "Maniac" Matt Mauler, Vito Von Guido, Mike Starr & Matt Starr and many more!

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
5/12 Stevens Point, WI
at Skipps Bowl 7:30 p.m.

World League Wrestling
5/12 Keokuk, IA
Keokuk High School, 8 p.m.

MidWest Championship Wrestling (MWCW)
5/12 Oskaloosa, Iowa
Mitch Paradise, T.S. Aggressor, Big Dog Barber, AWOL, Horace the Psychopath, Kamikaze, Pete Huge, Gage Octane, Brent Fillmore, Griz and more.

National Federation of Wrestling
5/12 Exland, WI

All American Wrestling
5/12 LaCresant, MN
at Lacresant Community Arena, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
5/12 Stevens Point, WI
at Skipp's Bowl

Pro Wrestling America
5/13 West St. Paul
at the West St. Paul Armory, 4 p.m.
Fantasy manager night. 14 sepcial fans will be allowed to manage on the card if they pay $100. For that, they will receive 10 tickets which they can sell or give away. Entrants can call Ray at 612-724-4431.

Mid American Wrestling
5/18 West Allis, WI
at the Knights of Columbus
Fans Choose The Stipulations/Heavyweight Title Match: MAW Heavyweight Champion] Hardcore Craig vs. Ian Rotten .. Corporal Robinson vs. Dino Bambino ... Adrian Serrano vs. CM Punk, Scott DeMarc & Dave Prazak ... Classic Colt Cabana vs. Dysfunction Kurt Krueger ... The Skull Krusher vs. Derek St. Holmes, Esq. with Quentin ... Chuckie Smooth vs. Farmer Vic ... Frankie DeFalco vs. Matt Longtime.

All American Wrestling
5/18 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7:30 p.m.

NWA Midwest
5/18 Des Moines, Iowa

All-Star Championship Wrestling
5/18 Kiel, WI
at the Gravel Pit
Former WWF superstar Road Dogg Jesse James vs. Kujo

AWA Superstars of Wrestling
5/18 Jacksonville, FL

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
5/18 Kenosha, WI
at The Chat Room 7:30 p.m.

AWA Superstars of Wrestling
5/19 Key Biscane, FL

French Lake Wrestling Association
5/19 Big Lake, MN
at Hero's Sports Complex, 7 p.m.
Scotty Zappa vs. Rikki Noga ... Big Daddy Hoofer vs. The Pit Boss with the High Rollers ... Primetime with McCoy Counterfeit vs. Dr. Darin Davis ... J.R. the Punisher vs. Tony DeNucci ... Terry Fox vs. K-Train ... plus Autumn Hayzes, Chi-Town Thug and more.

Wrestle America 2000
5/19 Minneapolis, MN
at Grumpy's Bar on Washington Avenue

Great Lakes Championship Wrestling
5/19 Cedarburg, WI
at Circle B, 8 p.m.
Road Dogg Jesse James vs. Eric Freedom ... Iron Mike Samson vs. Adrian Lynch ... Adrian Serrano vs. Love Machine Matt Longtime ... The Militia vs. Humongous & Ice Walters ... Rockin' Randy vs. Allan Jackson ... Fujinaki vs. Mr. Browne

Iron Range Championship Wrestling
5/19 Virginia, MN
Miner's Memorial Arena
"Stunning" Jeremy Halberg vs. T-Rex. Also appearing: Nick Mondo, 'Tasty' Travis Lee, 'Black Top Bully' Barry Darsow, Wild Bill Irwin, Stanley Cup and Desert Fox.

Powerslam Productions
5/19 Delafield, WI
at Hogg Alley, 2:30 p.m.
Main Event: Tough Tom vs. Eric Freedom in a lumberjack match. Also on the card: The Southern Mississippi Militia, Jake "The Milkman" Milliman, Tom "Rocky" Stone, Rockin' Randy, Sgt. Medallion, Action Jackson, Richie Orgas, Ice Walters, Brandon Blaze, Chad Staples, Matt Dearth.

All American Wrestling
5/25 Brokaw, WI
Shaun's Bases Loaded, 7:30 p.m.

Midwest Pro Wrestling
5/25 Somerset, WI
at 93X Fest 2001

Midwest Pro Wrestling
5/26 Somerset, WI
at 93X Fest 2001

National Federation of Wrestling
5/26 Ladysmith, WI
Mount Senario Fine Arts Center

Midwest Pro Wrestling
5/27 Somerset, WI
at 93X Fest 2001

French Lake Wrestling Association
5/27 Mayer, MN
at Bootleggers Bar
Canceled. The FLWA is trying to find another venue for this show.

June
Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
6/1 Stevens Point, WI
at Skipp's Bowl

All-Star Championship Wrestling
6/2 Denmark, WI
at the Circle Tap
Hacksaw Jim Duggan

Extreme Trials II
6/2 Bloomington, Minnesota
Southern Open Submission Championships

Midwest Pro Wrestling
6/3 Minneapolis, MN
at First Avenue nightclub

Mid American Wrestling
6/3 West Allis, WI
at Knights of Columbus (1800 S. 92nd Street)

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
6/9 Fridley, MN
at the Main Event Bar

National Federation of Wrestling
6/9 Escanaba, MI
at Club Vertigo
Darkchild, Rayzor Blade, Amerikid, Tiny Tubbs, Peter B. Beautiful and many more.

French Lake Wrestling Association
6/10 Maple Grove, MN
at Alleygaters, 2 p.m.
Whakked (Dan Jesser & Hater) vs. Kenny Jay & Buck ZumHofe ... Kamikaze vs. Red Lightning ... Mitch Paradise vs. Chi-Town Thug ... Tony DeNucci vs. Rikki Noga ... Lenny Lane vs. Scotty Zappa ... Lacey vs. Ashley Xavier.

All American Wrestling
6/15 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
6/15 Kenosha, WI
at The Chat Room 7:30 p.m.

All-Star Championship Wrestling
6/16 Luxembourg, WI
at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds

All American Wrestling
6/16 Brokaw, WI
Shaun's Bases Loaded, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
6/16 St. Louis Park, MN
at the St. Louis Park Parktacular

Mid American Wrestling
6/16 Muskego, WI
at KP's Classics

Celtic Wrestling Federation
6/23 Maplewood, MN
at Aldrich Arena, 7 p.m.
Tito Santana, Honky Tonk Man, One Man Gang, Typhoon, Buck ZumHofe, Scotty Zappa, Lenny Lane, JB Trask, Chi-Town Thug and more

Pro Wrestling America
6/23 South St. Paul

Wrestle America 2000
6/30 Coon Rapids, MN
at Grumpy's

July
French Lake Wrestling Association
7/3 Winona, MN
Star Spangled Spectacular, Steamboat Days, Winona State University, McCowan Gym, 7 p.m.
Mitch Paradise vs. Dr. Darin Davis ... Scotty Zappa vs. Chi-Town Thug ... Magnus Maximus vs. Horace the Pyschopath ... FLWA Midget Title match: Beautiful Bobby vs. Little Kato ... Whakked vs. Blood & Primetime w/ The High Rollers ... plus special Appearance by JR "the body double" Bonus.

Wrestle America 2000
7/4 Coon Rapids, MN
at Grumpy's

All American Wrestling
7/6 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7:30 p.m.

All-Star Championship Wrestling
7/13 Spencer, WI
at the high school

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
7/14 Fridley, MN
at the Main Event Bar

French Lake Wrestling Association
7/15 Maple Grove, MN
at Alleygaters, 2 p.m.

World of Wrestling
7/20 Two Harbors, MN
at the fairgrounds

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
7/22 Kimberly, WI
at the Paper Festival

All American Wrestling
7/28 Brokaw, WI
Shaun's Bases Loaded, 7:30 p.m.

All American Wrestling
7/29 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7 p.m.

August-September
All-Star Championship Wrestling
8/2, Luxemburg, WI
Kewaunee County Fair

French Lake Wrestling Association
8/3 Litchfield, MN
Meeker Co. Fair at Meeker Co. Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m.
FLWA has been signed Nick Bockwinkle. ... Main Event FLWA Heavyweight Title Match: Lenny Lane vs. Scotty Zappa. FLWA Tag Team Title Match: Whakked vs. Kamikaze Ken & Red Lightning. ... BOZO Suit Match: High Roller STX vs. Buck "Rock & Roll" Zum Hofe w/ Mago ... Ricki Noga vs. Tony DeNucci ... Mitch Paradise vs. Magnus Maximus ... Dr. Darin Davis vs. Iron Mike America.

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
8/4 Fridley, MN
at the Main Event Bar

French Lake Wrestling Association
8/12 Maple Grove, MN
at Alleygaters, 2 p.m.

All American Wrestling
8/17 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7:30 p.m.

All-Star Championship Wrestling
8/24, ??, WI
Crawford County Fair
Bushwackers

All-Star Championship Wrestling
8/25 Denmark, WI
at the Circle Tap
Bushwackers

All American Wrestling
8/25 Brokaw, WI
Shaun's Bases Loaded, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
8/30 Mineral Point, WI
at Iowa County Fair

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
9/1 Stevens Point, WI
at Skipp's Bowl

French Lake Wrestling Association
9/2 Mayer, MN
at Bootleggers Bar

National Federation Of Wrestling
9/1-2 Exeland, WI
Labor Day weekend show with Tiny Tubbs, Darkchild, Rayzor Blade, Red
Lightning, Haystacks Hastings, Dan Armstrong, El Supremo and many more

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
9/8 Fridley, MN
at the Main Event Bar

NOTE: You never know when promotions are going to cancel. Before traveling a long distance, be safe and try to double check that the card is still on.

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Who's who finished
Tim Larson's Who's Who in the Upper Midwest is finished. The 32-page magazine features about 300 profiles of who's who in the Upper Midwest along with 170 photos. In addition, the magazine has feature stories on Eric Hammers and Nick Mondo along with a few other items. It is sure to be a collector's item. To order your copy, send $5 and your address to:
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Waconia, MN 55387.